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Zein Basravi

Iran's government blamed for failing economy 40 years later

Iran's government blamed for failing economy 40 years later

Unemployment and economic inequality were among the biggest factors behind Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979 when millions of people brought down a corrupt monarchy.

Forty years later many say they are yet to see the prosperity they were promised.

Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi reports from Tehran.

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